L'Alpe d'Huez, France (derailedonline.com) - Amidst the Fifa World Cup of Soccer and the Tour de France, another race of the Megavalanche took place at L'Alpe d'Huez resort in the French Alps.

An east coast local that is typically seen at all the DH races on the east coast flew to France to grab himself a top 10 in the highly attended Megavalanche races. Jürgen Beneke the once World DH Champion and now resident of New York raced the Megavalanche stacked with other World Cup talent. Beneke placed a very respectable 8th place overall.